Energy Unplugged by Aurora

EP.13 Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy

This week on ‘Energy Unplugged’, Aurora’s CEO John Feddersen spoke with Juliet Davenport, CEO & Founder of Good Energy, one of the UK’s leading renewable energy suppliers. For over two decades, Good Energy’s mission has been to power a cleaner, greener world by helping homes and businesses to be part of a sustainable solution to climate change. Discussion topics include:•Juliet’s professional journey and Good Energy as a green energy supplier •Electric vehicles and Zap-Map charge point app•COVID-19 economic impact on energy suppliers, consumers’ protection and future of the industrySupport the show

EP.12 Jonathan Carling, CEO of Tokamak Energy

On this week’s podcast, Aurora’s CEO John Feddersen is joined by Tokamak Energy’s CEO Jonathan Carling. Tokamak Energy develops fusion technology and aims to generate clean and abundant fusion power by 2030. Jonathan joined Tokamak Energy in 2017 as Chief Executive Officer and he is also a member of the board of directors. Jonathan is an experienced international business leader, bringing a unique blend of strategic, financial, technical, operational and brand know-how to Tokamak Energy. John and Jonathan discuss:•Tokamak’s technology and Jonathan’s professional journey•Fusion power as a flexible energy source, and the market size of opportunities for Tokamak•The process of engaging Government and bringing them along on the journeySupport the show

EP.11 Jonathan Brearley, CEO of Ofgem - Part 2

This week on ‘Energy Unplugged’, we share the second part of John Feddersen’s discussion with Jonathan Brearley, CEO of Ofgem. If you missed Part 1 of this episode, you can find it in our podcast feed. In Part 2, John and Jonathan discuss:•Ofgem’s major long-term focus areas and its environmental perspective•Networks regulations and the UK’s different approach for offshore and onshore •Electricity markets and locational marginal pricingSupport the show

EP.11 Jonathan Brearley, CEO of Ofgem - Part 1

This week on ‘Energy Unplugged’, Aurora’s CEO John Feddersen is delighted to be joined by Jonathan Brearley, CEO of Ofgem. Jonathan has wide-ranging energy sector experience, having led Electricity Market Reform as the Director for Energy Markets and Networks at the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC). Prior to this, he was Director of the Office of Climate Change, where he led the development of the Climate Change Act, and earlier in his career, Jonathan was a senior adviser in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit.This episode consists of two parts, the first part of which we share with you this week, and the second part the week after. In Part 1 of this episode, John and Jonathan discuss:•Ofgem’s key role and Jonathan’s vast expertise in the energy sector •Jonathan’s contribution to the development of the Climate Change Act•Impact of COVID-19 on Ofgem’s work, and more broadly on retailers and suppliersLook out for Part 2 on our podcast feed next week! John and Jonathan will be talking about Ofgem’s long-term focus areas and its environmental perspective, and more broadly about networks and energy markets.Support the show

EP.10 Bernhard Günther, CFO at Innogy

This week on ‘Energy Unplugged’, Aurora’s CEO John Feddersen is joined by Bernhard Günther, CFO Innogy and Director Uniper and ThyssenKrupp. Bernhard has played a central role in the energy transition in Germany and Europe over the last two decades, and created a successful renewables business within a traditional utility over the last five years. John and Bernhard discuss:•Bernhard’s current role within Innogy as CFO, and also as CHRO/Labour Director •The idea of a carbon border tax in Europe•Whether Germany is a success story in the energy transitionSupport the show

EP.9 Danielle Lane, UK Country Manager Vattenfall

In this week’s episode, Aurora’s Research Director Richard Howard is joined by Danielle Lane, Vattenfall’s UK Country Manager and Director of Portfolio and Transactions Offshore, in a discussion about the Net Zero challenge. Involved in many aspects of the energy transition, Vattenfall has the ambition to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. Richard and Danielle discuss:•The role Vattenfall can play in reaching Net Zero and what the UK Government needs to do•The technologies we need to take us there•The challenge to pair low carbon opportunities with consumer demandSupport the show

EP.8 Paul Simshauser, CEO Powerlink Queensland

In this week’s episode, Aurora’s CEO John Feddersen is joined by his compatriot Paul Simshauser, Chief Executive of Powerlink Queensland, a major electricity transmission operator in Australia. Paul is also a Professor of Economics at Griffith University and was formerly the head of a major Government energy department. John and Paul discuss:•The global history of power markets' privatisation•Centralised and dispatchable generation in the future energy system•Negative emissions technologies, hydrogen, and batteries owned and operated by networksSupport the show

EP.7 Ralph Alexander, Chairman and CEO Talen Energy

This week on ‘Energy Unplugged’, Aurora’s CEO John Feddersen is joined by Ralph Alexander, Chairman and CEO of Talen Energy, one of North America’s largest private power generation businesses.Some of the key topics include:•Supermajors’ role in low-carbon power generation•Energy transition and the future of nuclear •Decarbonisation policy and Government’s role to meet carbon targetsSupport the show

EP.6 Mark Foley, CEO of EirGrid

This week on 'Energy Unplugged', Aurora’s CEO John Feddersen discusses energy transition with EirGrid’s Chief Executive Mark Foley, the person responsible for keeping the lights on in one of Europe’s most ambitious electricity systems in terms of their decarbonisation goals.John and Mark discuss:• EirGrid’s mission to ‘transform the power system for future generations’• Ireland’s new Government ambition related to decarbornisation• Energy transition in terms of renewables development and networksSupport the show

EP.5 Sam Arie, Research Analyst at UBS

In this week’s episode, Aurora’s CEO John Feddersen is joined by Sam Arie, Research Analyst at UBS Investment Bank, to discuss financing the energy transition and the impact of COVID-19 on the utilities sector. Sam is one of the top utilities equities research analysts in the UK, and at UBS he leads the European Utilities Research team. John and Sam discuss:•The role of equities analysts•The impact of COVID-19 on the utilities sector, and policy response •Oil and gas majors’ contribution for financing the energy transitionSupport the show